SSBROWSER
If this variable is set in the environment (e.g. export SSBROWSER=lynx) it is used.
searchdeb1
Query the debian mailing lists search engine
Usage
searchdeb -H
searchdeb [-l
list1
[list2]]
[-o]
[-d
..]
[-k]
\
-p
pattern
Overview
searchdeb is a commandline script to query the Debian mailing list archives at http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/.
Options
-
-b -
- download message bodies too
-
-D -
- download and save the list names to a config file in ~/.searchscripts/. This allows for quicker startup as the list name page doesn't have to be pulled from lists.d.o each time. If you've used -D, you should run it once in a while to make sure the lists are up-to-date.
- -d [Xq] | [Xy] | all
-
- search back X quarters or X years. E.g.
´-d 0q' will search just this quarter and
´-d 1y' will go back 1 year (this is the default)
´-d all' will search the whole archive
-
-e -
- spelling errors allowed - 0,1,2; default 0
-
-H -
- pull the mailing list home page into the browser
-
-k -
- don't delete the hits file on exit. It will be in /tmp and start with deb__. It is always kept if the browser is Netscape.
-
-l <lists> -
- default devel, all="devel mentors user". You can leave the "debian-" off for all lists that begin with that, except debian-lcs-eng (to differentiate it from lcs-eng.)
-
-L pattern -
- print the lists that match the string
patternand exit. '*' for all.
-
-o -
- lineonly; semicolon-separated words must be on the same line
-
-p -
- search pattern. The -p is optional if it is the only switch. '-p \?' to view the Glimpse help at lists.debian.org.
-
-t <seconds> -
- socket timeout, default 60
Patterns:
´this,that´
- comma finds either term in the file
´pgp;gpg;signing´
- semicolon wants all terms in the file
´some phrase´
- space wants terms adjacent, as if quoted
http://lists.debian.org/glimpse.html#sect7 has the complete pattern description
Browsers
If you use Netscape as your browser, the temp files will be left in /tmp and you'll have delete them occasionally. These files are automatically deleted if you use a different browser.
Environment
-
X11BROWSER -
Else if DISPLAY is set then the X11BROWSER environment variable is checked for the preferred browser. If unset it defaults to lynx.
-
CONSOLEBROWSER -
Else the CONSOLEBROWSER environment variable is checked for the preferred console browser. If unset it defaults to lynx.
Examples
searchdeb -l devel user -d 2q -p 'sound modules;oss'
searchdeb -l policy -o -p 'burned out' -b
searchdeb -l policy devel -p 'autoconf;automake' -k
searchdeb 'python;gpl'
Notes
- ^C stops the search and attempts to show the hits to that point